getin2china

[Sven2323]

Hi there,

I found the link to this firm here on this homepage : www.getin2china.com.

Their service sounds good to me, internship + language course, actually exactly what I am looking for...

But then I found the links below

Simple question: Too good to be true?

Thanks for any advice on that....

[Admin note Oct 11: For reference Getin2China have been in touch to say the posts linked to below were placed by a competitor and that they're working on having them removed. Any questions ask below, or contact Getin2China directly]

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[getin2china]

Greetings Everyone.

My name is Ben and I'm representing Get in2 China Company. Please find some information about Get in2 China Group below as well as some pictures of our interns. I hope that by reviewing the information provided, you will no longer have doubts about the legitimacy, quality, and value of the internship placement programs offered by Get in2 China. Our organization invites all who are interested in our programs to contact our office or visit us in person at one of the many career fairs we will attend this fall across the U.S. and Canada.

About us:

Photo of our interns:

Our Intern's BLOG: http://getin2china.wordpress.com/

Additional Information:

___________________

Watch us on CCTV NEWS: http://www.getin2chi...ip-program.html

Find us in the Newspaper (China Daily): http://www.chinadail...nt_14259197.htm

Read about us in the Beijing News: http://www.bjd.com.c...21_1363049.html

Find us in the Newspaper (People's Daily): http://english.peopl...78/7651209.html

Visit us on FaceBook here: https://www.facebook.../app_4949752878

Business license and Tax license

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http://farm2.static...._bebd18c867.jpg

Our official website address:

www.getin2china.com

Introduction about China Internship Program: http://www.getin2chi...ip-program.html

Internships in Beijing: http://www.getin2chi...in-beijing.html

Internships in Shanghai: http://www.getin2chi...n-shanghai.html

Internship listings: http://www.getin2chi...ernship-search/

[roddy]

If you're going to put up pictures of a business license, it really needs to be readable. . .

[getin2china]

Hello,

Sorry if the picture quality is not so good. Our business license number is: 110112012292863

The physical address of our company is:

Suite 500, No.30, Donghuanzhiye, DongZhong Street, DongCheng District, Beijing.

Postal Code: 100027

北京市东城区东中街30号东环置业 500室

Beijing Office:

Tel. +86 10 52889011

Mobile: +86 150 1053 2542

E-mail:

info@Getin2China.com

Skype:

Getin2China

Fell free to contact us for any questions.

[putonghua73]

Hi Ben,

Could you provide a clarification over the use of an advert (please see attached) used for advertising your programme?

I am a former ChinesePod user, so am familiar with their advertisement. When I visited Chinese-Forums the other day, the attached advert appeared. I immediately assumed it was the ChinesePod advert - until I looked closely and noticed that Getin2China was pasted across the advertisement where I would normally expect to see the ChinesePod logo.

My immediate reaction was whether or not there is any copyright infringement i.e. do ChinesePod have exclusive rights to this image? I'm sure you can understand that it would appear at first glance that Getin2China have 'borrowed' the advertisement and pasted over their logo.

Cheers!

[roddy]

For reference, Getin2china are not a direct advertiser with us, their ads appear via the Google Adwords program.

[getin2china]

Hi Again,

What you can see on that picture is a face of an asian girl and the website address as well as service that we are providing. The GoogleAds approved our Ads as well as Chinese Pod ads. Chinese Pod have a similar ad to our and of course there is no any copyright to such picture.

Sincerely,

Ben

[Sven2323]

Well, I guess there is not much I can do from here. Thanks, for the replies!

[putonghua73]

Hi Ben,

Thanks for the clarification.

The "asian girl" is the girl whom I associate with ChinesePod, especially as I used to see her at least twice a day (on my iPhone) when listening to ChinesePod during my commute to work for around a year ;) I would also say that you have a similar ad to ChinesePod, since ChinesePod have been using that particular image for a couple of years.

That said, I'm surprised at their [ChinesePod's] commercial naviety, because I associate the image as part of their brand - as well as their logo. To use an image to help build brand recognition, and then not to have exclusive rights to that image, strikes me as an own-goal.

Appreciate the clarification, Ben. My interest is not only as a Chinese student (studying in Kunming), but also a professional interest as my field is in Supply Chain Management; hence the interest in copyright and branding - as well as commercial exploitation (and value) of one's brand.

Cheers!

[getin2china]

Dear Sven2323,

You don't have to worry about our service. We don't ask any money in advance before your arrival. Another thing is that on our website you can see a real video, real pictures of our students. Hope that can help you to make any decision.

Sincerely,

Ben

[deathtrap]

@putonghua73, Maybe the picture of the girl that both ChinesePod and getin2china use is just a stock photograph from some collection somewhere.

[roddy]

(speaking generally, rather than to getin2china.com specifically)

I'd be wary of putting too much faith in a business license. While it's an indication that a company is to a certain extent established (they have an address and a certain amount of capital) it doesn't necessarily mean they're any good at what they're doing. I can think of plenty of restaurants with business license, tax certificate and hygiene whatsit hanging on the wall that I don't particularly want to eat at again. Similarly a few photos and youtube videos aren't of a huge amount of value. And the business license is quite likely to be in a completely different name to the website you're dealing with - you can't register an English company name in China. I think.

As for how you can choose a trustworthy company - good damned luck, it's a minefield. Any company's own website needs to obviously be taken with a pinch of salt. Testimonials on the Internet might be useful indicators, but many are faked. Similarly many complaints are from customers that frankly had unrealistic expectations in the first place.

I kind of feel sorry for the legitimate firms out there. . .

Re: the picture. It may be a stock photo, but that's a hell of a stroke of bad luck to use the exact same one as the most recognizable Chinese learning product out there. The sooner that ad gets pulled the better.

[anonymoose]

that's a hell of a stroke of bad luck to use the exact same one as the most recognizable Chinese learning product out there. The sooner that ad gets pulled the better.

Better for who?

[getin2china]

Hi,

Yes, better for whom? Get in2 China is a highly recognized brand as well as Chinese Pod. 1000s of students choose Get in2 China as their place to study chinese and do internships. Here you can find some videos of our previous students: http://www.getin2china.com/video/

[Whoknows]

Just wanted to say that we also had some of our content copied and used by Getin2China several times.

They also used our registered trademark in their Adwords campaign. Glad you noticed their tiny business license scan - could be anything!

We have no evidence of anyone independently verifying they had a good time on one of the Getin2china programs, so who knows?

I wouldn't go on a program with them personally, but of course I'd say that!